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Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics

From	whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics
Date	2023-08-01 15:24 -0500
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On 8/1/2023 8:30 AM, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote:
> On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:28:49 PM UTC-7, patdolan wrote:
>> On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 9:33:27 PM UTC-7, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote:
>>> On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 9:21:36 PM UTC-7, patdolan wrote:
>>>> On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 9:05:29 PM UTC-7, Richard Hertz wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 12:22:11 AM UTC-3, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>> I think there are obviously a number of possible motives involved in developing culturally induced ignorance. What are the main factors involved in the condition where knowledge of a subject creates greater uncertainty? Apparent complexity, credulity, weak reasoning abilities, deception, vices... People go crazy in groups and only slowly come to their senses individually.
>>>>> I believe that the opposite happens: People rapidly align with the herd mentality in groups, and only slowly come to their INDIVIDUAL
>>>>> senses when being alone or separated in very small groups. THEN, they become easy targets. The history of mankind.
>>>>>
>>>>> Knowledge is a bottomless pit. The more the knowledge any individual or small group has, the more they know that know nothing.
>>>> And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
>>> Francis Bacon spoke strongly to the contrary.
>> But 300 years before Francis Bacon, Fr. Roger Bacon invented (or codified) the scientific method. Not sure what point I am trying to make here. But I type it out anyway...time to sleep.
> What I meant was that Francis Bacon spoke about the importance of seeking knowledge in such a way as to counter any apparent scriptural directions to the contrary. At the moment, I forget the quote.

No physics here...

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Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 14:18 -0700
  Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-31 20:22 -0700
    Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 21:05 -0700
      Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-07-31 21:21 -0700
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-07-31 21:30 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 10:45 -0700
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-31 21:33 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-07-31 23:28 -0700
            Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-07-31 23:29 -0700
            Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 06:30 -0700
              Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-08-01 07:20 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 08:50 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-01 15:20 -0500
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 08:58 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-08-01 09:08 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 10:39 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 10:44 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-08-01 12:01 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 12:33 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-08-01 14:54 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 15:00 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 11:33 -0700
                Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-01 15:22 -0500
              Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-01 15:24 -0500
  Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-31 20:52 -0700
  Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Richard Hertz <hertz778@gmail.com> - 2023-08-01 13:50 -0700
    Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-01 15:08 -0700
      Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-08-01 18:27 -0500
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-02 13:58 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics billv <billv@nowhere.void.net> - 2023-08-02 18:22 -0500
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-02 14:02 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics billv <billv@nowhere.void.net> - 2023-08-02 18:38 -0500
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-02 14:22 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics billv <billv@nowhere.void.net> - 2023-08-02 19:07 -0500
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-02 15:00 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics billv <billv@nowhere.void.net> - 2023-08-02 19:09 -0500
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-02 16:55 -0700
        Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-08-02 17:39 -0700
          Re: Junk science, agnotology and cognitronics patdolan <patdolan@comcast.net> - 2023-08-05 11:50 -0700

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